Earlier this week we published an opinion piece regarding a rape accusation made against the co-creator of Cards Against Humanity. We've taken the unusual step of publishing a revised version of the article here that I think better expresses the piece's original intent and hopefully provokes valuable discussion. A… » 7/17/14 4:26pm Thursday 4:26pm

I've got two new Kotaku offshoots to tell you about today, two new subsites for people who enjoy to look at the spectacular. » 3/17/14 11:00am 3/17/14 11:00am

If you live in the U.K., you're about to get your very own version of Kotaku. The good people at Future Publishing are partnering with our team at Gawker Media to launch Kotaku UK. World domination continues! » 3/13/14 8:13am 3/13/14 8:13am

And now for something a little different.... You may notice that Kotaku looks a little different today and hopefully you'll be enjoying some performance improvements. We're switching to a somewhat slicker layout that has been designed to load the page faster and give you a smoother experience while navigating through… » 3/10/14 9:31am 3/10/14 9:31am

About anonymous sources and Kotaku... » 1/27/14 1:00pm 1/27/14 1:00pm

You did good, PA Report. Penny Arcade's editorial operation, the Penny Arcade Report, is shutting down after a two-year run. Led by Ben Kuchera, the crew there worked hard to do quality reporting and writing about video games and pop culture. Their successes are numerous, and the outlet will be missed. Good luck to… » 12/06/13 7:45pm 12/06/13 7:45pm

If we can interrupt the fun stuff for a moment... The Philippines was wracked by a devastating hurricane this past weekend with more than 10,000 people feared dead. If you'd like to help relief efforts, here's a list of places you can donate to. To our readers in the Philippines, our thoughts are with you. » 11/11/13 4:30pm 11/11/13 4:30pm

A year ago, Superstorm Sandy ravaged the East Coast. It also knocked Kotaku offline, forcing us to publish exclusively on Tumblr for a while. Our hardships were nothing compared to what millions of others had to put up with. To those affected, we praise you for your strength. And to those who stuck with us through one… » 10/30/13 7:21pm 10/30/13 7:21pm

We haven't done this in a while, so let's do it now. For the next 90 minutes or so, I'll be answering reader questions. Want to know stuff about Kotaku, about what we're covering, what we're hearing, which Zelda is the best and so on? » 10/02/13 1:00pm 10/02/13 1:00pm

Thank you for reading Kotaku, a news and opinion site about games and things serious gamers care about. We're here to inform you and, sometimes, entertain you. » 8/01/13 9:04am 8/01/13 9:04am

In case you didn't know... you can read condensed Kotaku reviews of new games in the New York Times every month. The Arts section in today's paper includes short versions of our reviews of Game & Wario, Deadpool, Color Zen, The Swapper and Company of Heroes 2. New round-ups monthly. Viva print! (And the Internet, too.) » 7/10/13 2:52pm 7/10/13 2:52pm

A couple of design notes for regular readers: 1) Clicking the arrow next to our logo will now get you to our sister sites more quickly. 2) Clicking the other arrow up there will give you a list of our 10 most popular stories. You may have figured this out already! » 4/30/13 12:47pm 4/30/13 12:47pm

We cover video games here at Kotaku, but, in case you hadn't noticed, we cover some other stuff, too—and we certainly don't cover every video game. We'd like to hear from you. What games and non-games stuff would you like to see more coverage of on this site? » 4/10/13 12:00pm 4/10/13 12:00pm

On Monday, January 7, you will know what Kotaku's 2012 Game of the Year is. But before then, you're going to see us try to figure it all out. » 1/02/13 9:45am 1/02/13 9:45am

We published a lot of stories this year. You loved some. You hated others. Some were great. Some were arrows. » 12/20/12 12:30pm 12/20/12 12:30pm